PRIVATE INTERNATIONAL LAW IN LATIN AMERICA: FROM HARD TO SOFT LAW

The codification in the American continent is successful, and this is due to two main factors: first, there is the thematic specialization of the Inter-American Specialized Conference on Private International Law (CIDIP); the second factor is the fact that two important stages have taken place, a first stage where unification was achieved through Conventions (CIDIP I trhough V), and a second stage where unification has taken place by leaving behind the conventional instruments and other regulation techniques are chosen, for instance, the use of Model Laws (CIDIP VI y VII). This paper is about the transition from hard to soft law.